(Montreal) The Canadian Coast Guard begins an operation to unload a ship on Friday that failed earlier this week on the St. Lawrence River, in Verchères, in Montérégie.
The first attempt to bail out the truquier Federal Yamaskacarried out last Wednesday, failed.
Thus, an operation to unload the cargo is necessary to try once again to bail out the ship.
Unloading should last several hours, according to the Coast Guard.
In addition to the members of the Coast Guard, the maritime intervention company, is Canada (Simec) is also on site in the event that there is pollution during the unloading operation.
The boat itself carries sugar, according to a spokesperson for the Coast Guard.
The ship failed Tuesday morning in the Verchères sector, opposite Bouchard Island. According to the specialized website Veselfinder, the Federal Yamaska carries the Marshall Islands flag.
This is not the first time that a ship has been stuck in this sector. Last December, the Cypriot ship MV MACCOA had also failed in Verchères.
The ship had been released only two weeks later.
